The Giraffetasaur was upset, because the baby was still holding a gun to his head. The baby was upset, because the Giraffetasaur had pricked the baby’s dog stache with a suspicious syringe. And for no good reason, the baby thought.
“The whole story was garbage. Formula X doesn't have any surprising aftereffects!” The baby was still crying and suggesting that whoever wrote the story was making it up as he went along. “And the mean man never said anything mean to Joe! He doesn’t even seem that mean!”
The mean man stood in the darkest corner of the room. He smiled, admiring his dirty, villainous fingernails. Brittany had a new dress. No one noticed the continuity error. She offered the mean man a nail file. The mean man said “no.” But he did not say “thank you.”
If Joe had been paying attention to the mean man, he would not have been surprised. Some mean men have dirty fingernails.
But Joe was paying attention to the baby.
“I need to save the Giraffetasaur,” Joe whispered to Brad. Joe was tired after such a surprising party, and he was having trouble getting a plan.
“I don’t trust the mean man. We have to act now,” Brad whispered to Joe. They looked at the mean man. The mean man looked back and cackled and some thunder and lightning happened and there was rain hitting the roof. It got so cold.
The mean man walked to the center of the room: “Thanks to that Formula X and its aftereffects, Joe won’t be having any more plans.”
“So, that’s the surprise? No more plans?” The baby felt disappointment. Everyone thought it was nice the baby could experience such high-level emotions. Maybe the baby is not so unreasonable, they thought. But then the baby shot the Giraffetasaur, and everyone changed their minds.
Now Brittany was crying too because she loved the Giraffetasaur secretly. She ran over to him. “I love you!” No one was surprised. Everyone knew Brittany loved the Giraffetasaur. He was so handsome.
The Giraffetasaur started breathing heavy. “I need to tell all of you something, before you go…”
“Before we go?” Brad quipped, “you’re the one on your way out!” Everyone laughed, but the Giraffetasaur thought the joke was in poor taste.
“I’ll be ok…” he coughed. “But look at your dog staches.”
They were glowing and making loud noises. But the baby’s was not. Neither was the Giraffetasaur’s.
The mean man frowned at the Giraffetasaur. “Don’t think I’ll go along with your plan, you sneak.”
The Giraffetasaur cackled. “You won’t have a choice.”
That’s when there was a big to-do and everything shook and bright lights flashed and before anyone knew what happened, it was just the Giraffetasaur and the baby in the room.
“What happened?!” The baby was shocked. But the Giraffetasaur just smacked his lips…
***
Joe was the first to wake up. Brittany and the mean man were still unconscious. Joe realized they were not in the dark room anymore. Where is Brad? Joe looked around and realized what had happened.
Most people would never have guessed where they had gone to. But Joe did. And he was so surprised.
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